Moscow, 10 November 1999 (RFE/RL) -- A mission from the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is due today to
visit camps in Ingushetia, where some 200,000 refugees have settled after
fleeing Russia's military offensive in neighboring Chechnya. OSCE officials
said the trip is aimed at getting a picture of the scope of the
humanitarian crisis and how it can be coped with. Reports said some Russian
military operations have been hampered by fog and heavy snowfall in
Chechnya. But Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed the six-week-old
air and artillery assault would continue.